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(adj): favorable or successful
Syn: lucky, prosperous
Ant: Unfortunanate, unhappy, inoppertune
Sentece: She is a very auspicios person, so the kids always pick her to be on their team because they think she is lucky. |
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(adj) compelling; compulsory
syn: driving, impelling
Ant: push away
Sentence: The PE teacher speach was very compulsive and he compelled to to start eating healthy. |
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(V) to make filthy, to profane
syn: violate, molest
ant: clean, clense, purify
Sentence: My friends seems to defile evrything i say and likes to turn everything into a dirty joke. |
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(N) a sad song
syn: funeral song, cry
ant: happy song
sentence: The chorus sang a very emotional dirge at the funeral. |
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(noun) public order, decree
sym: act, canon, command
ant: not request
sentence: The president adresses his edit about his plans for the tax refund.
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(N) expression of pain
syn: wail, grumble
ant: rejoice
sentence: I expressed a great deal of lamentaion when I stepped on a nail. |
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(adj) flexable, bendable
syn: agile, lean
ant: stiff, awkward
sentence: There is a yoga class at the gym to help the people get more lithe and agile. |
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(v) to continue on a course of action
syn: persist, remain, persue
ant: give up, stop
Sentence: I have to perservere during swim practice so I can get faster and drop my times.
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(v) to satisfy fully
syn: gorge, overfill
ant: deprive, starve
sentence: My appetite is very sated after i eat a large breakfest.
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(v) violate a law, command, or moral code
syn: disobey, exceed
ant: behave, obey
sentence: whenever I try to transgress and go aganist the law, I always end up going to jail. |
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